170 THE COCCIDAE 



body; anal ring with six anal ring setae 



Protopulvinaria Ckll. 



ee. Body of adult female oval or suboval in outline; ovisac 

 usually well developed. 



f. Ovisac at most never more than four or five times as 

 long as broad, attached to host-plant throughout its en- 

 tire length. 



g. Body of adult female soft, pink in color in front, 

 greenish on dorsum with minute black specks, cephal- 

 ic part of dorsum with white area of wax, body with 

 irregular patches in three longitudinal rows; anten- 

 nae consisting of eight segments. __P7n7ep?icdro Ckll. 

 gg. Body of adult female hard and strongly chitinized, 

 dorsum usually naked, if provided with wax, not 

 arranged in longitudinal rows. 



h. Body with dorsum entirely covered with felt-like 

 white secretion of wax in two parts, lateral por- 

 tion and mesal portion; antennae of adult female 

 with eight segments; anal ring with six anal ring 



setae. Tectopulvinaria Hemp. 



hh. Body with dorsum naked, at most only covered 

 with powdery wax; antennae of adult female 

 normally with eight segments, sometimes with 



seven; anal ring with eight anal ring setae 



Pulvinaria Targ. 



£f. Ovisac greatly elongated, always much longer than 



broad, attached to host-plant only at one end; antennae 



of adult female consisting of seven segments; anal ring 



apparently with six anal ring setae Takahashia Ckll. 



bb. Wax excreted by adult female horny or opaque or glassy, thick 

 or thin mass or sheet of wax closely attached to or free from 

 body of insect, never doughy or cottony mass; abdomen of adult 

 female never with segmentation indicated. 



c. Adult female with legs present and normal in form and size. 

 d. Adult female with antennae present and normal in form. 

 e. Test of adult female consisting of opaque waxy wax, more 

 or less thick, never thin and brittle. 



f. Test of adult female not with marginal fringe or with 

 radiating processes of wax. 



g. Abdomen of adult female usually with a more or less 

 distinct opercularia; antennae of adult female con- 

 sisting of six to eight segments; margin of body of 

 adult female with marginal setae, never with spear- 

 head-shaped spines Ccroplastrs Gray. 



gg. Abdomen of adult female never with opercularia; 

 antennae of adult female obscurely segmented; mar- 

 gin of body with few marginal setae and numerous 

 spearhead-shaped spines Cardiococnis Ckll. 



